Sigma announces 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art pricing and availability

Sigma has released pricing and availability information of its new 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens. First announced in January at CES in Las Vegas, the 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art is a completely new lens, rather than a revision of Sigma's existing 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. The lens employs the company's Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) system and has 13 elements in eight groups. It will be available for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, and Canon mounts in late April for $949. The UK RRP will be £849.99.

RONKONKOMA– April 11, 2014 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world's most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, is pleased to announce that the newest addition to its Global Vision Art camera lens lineup, the 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, will be available late April for the street price of $949.

The much anticipated 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art is a pro-level performer for full-frame DSLRs and is ideal for many types of videography and photography, including portraits, landscapes, studio work and still-life. It has been redesigned and re-engineered with SLD glass and has been optimized for rich peripheral brightness, with improved large aperture performance by positioning wide elements into the front groups.

Other updates to this new lens include an optimized autofocus algorithm for smoother focusing and a floating focusing system to reduce lens movement while focusing. Under the Global Vision line, it features a new matte finish, an updated AF algorithm and every lens undergoes Sigma’s proprietary modulation transfer function (MTF) “A1” testing before being shipped. It has 13 elements in eight groups, compared to the previous eight elements in six groups, and it also has improved close focusing at 15.7 inches and a maximum magnification ratio of 1:5.6.

“Our Art lenses, such as the 35mm F1.4, 24-105mm F4 and 18-35mm F1.8 have been incredibly well received to date, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the excitement around the news of this upgraded 50mm F1.4,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation of America. “Clearly, the industry is hungry for reasonably priced, powerful, high-quality, multi-purpose lenses – and they’ve seen the image quality that’s being produced by our new Global Vision lenses. There are no sacrifices with these products, and the new 50mm F1.4 is sure to be another star in our lineup.”

The 50mm F1.4 was first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. It incorporates Sigma’s Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) system to produce quiet, high-speed auto focus. In addition, it includes Super Multi-Layer Coating to reduce flare and ghosting, and to ensure the highest-quality images. The 50mm F1.4 DG HSM lens is also compatible with Sigma’s USB dock and the company’s Mount Conversion Service.

The Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG will be available in Sigma, Sony (D), Nikon (D), and Canon mounts.

If this lens performance like their 35mm f1.4, it would be awesome. However, is it really necessary to make a standard lens so big? We are not even talking about telephotos here...everyone is making these big and long prime lenses. Way back, one of the advantages of using prime lenses is that you get nice IQ and compactness, but now everything you grab out of your camera bag is heavy and big...

A little study in the design characteristics of the lens would be helpful to understand why it is what it is. While you're at it, consider the zeiss Otus.

It's also worth noting that there's nothing stopping you from shooting the nikon, canon, sony, zeiss, or other small primes if compact size is what you're after. Those lenses still perform just fine at f/2.8 and above. If you want max performance wide open there are going to be trade offs.

You can always migrate to the Fuji X-series mirrorless too ... Their 23, 35, and new 58mm primes are stellar performers and much, much smaller and lighter than these full-frame primes like the sigma and zeiss.

Agree, i understand this is an excellent lens, but 1000$ for a nifty fifty is expensive. Clearly it's not for average photographers. Sigma is caught up in the hype and moves away from its usual target audience.

HowaboutRaw,Sigma 35mm is also an optically excellent lens, it beats Nikon and Canon counterparts, but sigma priced it around half of those Nikon's and Canon's.This time, Sigma prices this double those Nikon's, Canon's.I do believe this lens price is influenced by recent released Nikon 58mm and Zeiss Otus, which are not exactly aimed at average photographers. So, i stand corrected, Sigma moves away from its usual customers this time.That said i won't argue with your money spending justification. It much depends on how you define "average photographers" of course, but it doesn't change the fact this is not usual Sigma price range ( like i said, even the excellent 35mm). Let the sales figures speak for itself, shall we? I do hope it attracts more buyers like you. Sigma is making great lens recently after all, we want the company does well.

Sigma IS moving away from its usual customers if that means those people who want cheap lenses and are willing to put up with spotty QC. I would also note that the design of this lens is far more ambitious than the 35 and the price reflects the development costs, material costs and competitive considerations.Their target market is pixel peepers with fat wallets of which there seem to be a lot.

Photomonkey,I'm not sure if other Sigma Art line lens such as its 35, 18-35 ... moves away from it usual customer price wise. This 50 does for sure.You must have your reason when you said "I would also note that the design of this lens is f ar more ambitious than the 35", i just don't see it. The same can be said of its 18-35mm.

The point is: Until this lens, Sigma wasn’t real close to the optical quality of either Leica or Zeiss. Now, maybe things have changed.

No one, who pays attention to optical quality, thinks either Canon or Nikon does serious lenses.

So, wrong I didn’t ignore some Sigma 35mm lens, I just didn’t treat it as anything more than serious competition for Canikon. Big deal, lots of lens manufactures best Canikon for optical quality, albeit for cameras with smaller sensors–Samsung, Fuji, Olympus and Panasonic have all shipped optically better lenses.

Repeating myself: NO, $1,000 for an optically excellent lens is not particularly expensive–it’s no longer the year 1990. (And you’re the one who complained about the price. That was your point, not that Sigma makes good lenses.)

HowaboutRaw What on earth are you on about?Like i said , i do not argue with your money spending justification. Go crazy.

I DID ask you to compare Sigma 35 to Zeiss'. I also said that Sigma 35 beats Nikon's, Canon's counterpart, but only cost around 50% Canikon's price. Can you disprove all of that? How about the excellent 18-35? Any competition?

Let's just say Zeiss glasses is industrial standard, by comparison to Zeiss, how exactly Sigma 35 is worst than its 50? What is your logic?

This time around, Sigma prices its 50 double of those Nikon's and Canon's price. The point is, Sigma 50 pricing is influenced by recent released Nikon 58mm and Zeiss Otus and it moves away from its usual customers.

The point remains that you said this lens is expensive. And now you claim that's not an important part of your point.

Until now, and I've not seen more than sample jpegs from this new Sigma 50, I've never seen a Sigma lens that has the optical performance of good Zeiss or Leica lenses. Yes, the Sigmas can be plenty good.

You seem to forget that Sigma has to pay its employees, and for the most part they're not living in Thailand or Vietnam. The yen has been up, since the earthquake and tsunami.

This lens is not simply a good version of the old Sigma 50--this lens took new tooling and developing new production techniques. All of those things add to the cost. So it's not simply that Zeiss released a $4,000 lens or that Nikon shipped a not great $1700 lens.

Don't know about the optical quality of the new APSC Sigma 18-35mm; it's reported to be good. Could be, but APSC.

First off, this is NOT a "nifty fifty". Sigma INTENTIONALLY set out with this lens to compete performance-wise against the Zeiss Otus, NOT the Canikons. It's important to make that distinction, because Sigma already has a fine 50mm prime in the same target market as the Canikons.

As such, this new 50mm isn't going head-to-head with the 35mm prime either. While the 35mm is an excellent piece of work it has fairly high CA, more distortion and really falls more into the mildly wide-angle niche and isn't what a portrait photographer would likely choose for a shorter length. The 50mm is also optically far more complex than Sigmas previous 35.

Point is, this lens is still priced VERY well compared to the top offerings from Canikon and has AF which Zeiss does not. Those who can't afford it DONT need it....another 50 stopped down a bit will do the likes of onemoreguy just fine.

For those that haven't read the SLRGear review of the new Sigma, go check it out.

It can not match the Zeiss Otus to 100% but it matches it at least to 95%. If you take in charge the little less sharpness in the extreme corner edges, it can compete with the Otus without any problems. Go to imaging resource site and see the shots they made with both lenses on the same event, and compare yourself. I would even say that all over, I prefer the Sigma, it seem to me that center sharpness is a bitty better than Otus. Now compare 900$ to 4000$ and then it is easy to make a choice, except if you can waste money without any need to use your brain. Both lenses are razor sharp and respect for Sigma to offer us that quality for that price. The only thing i do not like is this lousy 50mm format, that most people use seldom. I ask myself why lens factories stick so much to that format, it is a dust catcher format. A top notch Art lens in 35 and 24, then a 85 would be a greater deal.

HowaboutRAW. The current 85mm is an excellent lens. If they do come out with an updated one, I'm on it. It's kind of scary to think how much better thst lens would be over the current one. If so, it will blow the other 85 mm lenses out of the water.

@ shamael:While you may not like the 50mm focal length, it is NOT an uncommon length whatsoever. You need to study up on just how many more 50mm lenses have been sold compared to other focal lengths ... The consumer decides the product line not the manufacturers. How many more zooms are sold than primes? How many more 50s are sold compared to 24s, 85s, 105s, and 135s? Why is the 35mm f1.8 prime for nikon APS-C so wildly popular?

I may buy one if it is better than my Zeiss ZE 50mm f/2.0 Macro. Will the AF have any issues. If one need to use manual focus override, then one is better off with the Zeiss. What about the colour rendition, micro contrast and bokeh?

All of Sigma's new 'Global Vision' lenses are placed in one of three categories: Contemporary (zoom lenses for everyday usage, convenience lenses), Art (prime lenses, fisheye and other specialty lenses) and Sports (fast telephoto zooms, telephoto primes).It's a marketing thing, for sure.

I sold Canon's 50/1.8 to my sister. Wasn't really unhappy with it, but exchanged it for Canon's 50/1.4.

Canon's 50/1.4 is the only lens I've ever broken - the brittle focus motor went. Got it fixed, then sold it.

I couldn't get four copies of Canon's 50/1.2L to focus, so I never bought it.

Sigma's old 50/1.4 focused nicely for me, and the bokeh was really smooth, but wide open it was sharp in only the center 20-30% of the image, so although I don't require absolute sharpness right to the corners wide open, I felt I had no composition freedom at all. So, finally, I gave it to a good friend who has put it to good use.

So, I've now been for almost two years without a 50 mm prime.

But that state of affairs may not last for long anymore. This new Sigma might just be the one I have wanted for years. Just please make it focus! (Although with the new docking system, I think it will.)

sigma is making a corporate decision to get better and not break the bank (relatively to other). They used to produce Quantaray, the joke of lenses. My favorite lens is the sigma 85mm1.4, but I can't fully recommend it because it is kind of soft at times and has some Af issues. I probably past on this f1.4 since I just got a 50mm 1.4 last year, but the sig 35mm f1.4 is currently #1 on the wish list and next to buy.

I had high hopes for this lens performance but the "lowly" price under $1k will keep my expectations at bay. There's no way the Sigma will approach the Otus IQ. After all, you get what you pay. I truly hope to be proven wrong. Maybe Canon will get it right at around $2k.

So far, there has been NO downside to Sigma's recipe. My Sigma 35/1.4 Art is fantastic on every body I mount it on. I owned the Canon EF 35/1.4L for a year and in no regard is it a superior lens, let alone a superior value. And I work with files from the Nikon 35/1.4G and I know, optically, it's not better than the Sigma. I expect the Sigma 50/1.4 Art to trounce all contenders short of the Zeiss. I'll be getting one for sure, since the 50/1.4 is my second most-used lens and I love shooting them wide open.

@DStudioGo to SLRGear.com, they've extensively reviewed BOTH lenses AND have made comparisons to each other in the respective reviews.

My take on the reviews is that, purely based on optical performance, the Otus is the better lens overall. However, the Sigma Art is equal to it and very close to it in many parameters as well as having the advantage of autofocus, that it's a no-brainer for most people to buy the Sigma Art given the price difference.

It is really refreshing and encouraging to see the smaller player like Sigma to go toe to toe with the legend like Zeiss. For fraction of the price.I'm watching recent Sigma's unpretentious approach to their new product with awe.

This lens among the other Art Series lenses should serve as a bucket of an ice water on the heads of disillusioned profiteers from major brands.

I wouldn't call $949 without optical stabilization cheap. Not when a legacy 50mm 1.4 can be had for $50 or less. The price difference is too large to justify the auto focus. I don't care about aperture because I shot in A mode anyway.

I looked at the SLR gear review. It's refreshing to see the word "soft" used to describe the corner performance of the Canon and Nikon lenses. Fans, it's true. Your favorite brand has some stinkers. But the people who test these things work so hard at pulling their punches that it takes a really exceptional lens to compel this type of candor.

You can't say "While somewhat disappointing, this level of performance is in line with everybody else" when somebody else is a whole lot better.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to buy this lens.Over the last few years as I’ve moved from 12MP, 24 and now 36MP on my D800E and I’ve learned how important good optics are and I think that 50mm is a good length on a full-frame. I use primes almost all the time except for sporting or fast moving street/event photography when I “need” zoom (70-200/f2.8 24-70/f2.8) and stabilization otherwise I shoot with the new Sigma 35/f1.4, Nikon 85/f1.8, and Zeiss 135/f2. I find that these lenses give me consistently sharp images even in aggressive post cropping something I can’t always get away with shooting through a normal old-school 50 like my 50m/f1.8.Yes, it big and heavy but I don’t care as it’s all about the image.Over the last two years I’ve become big fan of Sigma lens.

Its optical quality like 35/1.4 A should be excellent and can rival Otus 55/1.4. Its potential achilles heel is still AF accuracy as it reverse-engineering of AF mechanism for Canon, Nikon and Sony A-mount. We read stories of some owners’ struggling in calibration that calibrated on near distance may not good for far distance or vise verse. Sigma QC is much better than in the past but still could be an issue. Personally I will pickup Sony FE 55/1.8 since I already owned A7R. It's not a big deal of 2/3 stop difference but smaller/lighter.

That's what I talked about. There are bunch of reports that owners of 35 A struggled with dock MFA on focus distance that one tweak good for near is not good for far or in other way around. In comparison my 35/2.0 IS never has such issue near or far on my 5D3 at virtually it even needs to be MFAed (-1 or +1 Dot-Tune as I remember).

This is the only bummer about the new Art lenses. Even if they don't go full weather sealed they could at least put a gasket on the mount to keep debris/moisture out of the body. I mean it's only a couple of pennies worth of rubber but would make the lens a lot more competitive than it already is.

You are required to pay your states sales tax on all out of state purchases in pretty much every state. It is usually called use tax. In many states there is even a line for it on the standard income tax form.

I looked in your profile and it appears in live in Washington State. You should read this:

sure, but hardly anybody does it. Why did amazon get so big, they don't don't include tax in the sale (for states that they have no infrastructure in). Telling people to report the sale/ use tax, is not going to happen. Welcome to the US. Maybe California is starting to enforce it, but hardy any states does. How many trillion dollar of internet sale do people report the sale tax, hardy. Technically yes there is a tax, but...

Im sure its a fine lens, but, 50mm is such a boring focal length. Not wide enough to capture the atmosphere and too short for intimate subject captures. The only reason 50mm primes were popular in the past because it was such a simple and cheap lens to manufacture and bundle with SLRs.

I agree that 50mm on APSC is strange. This focal length was popular in film days when all cameras were 135mm (FF). Nowadays when majority of DSLRs are cropped APSC, it is different. 75mm equivalent (80mm for Canon) is something in between: not wide enough for general shooting, not long enough for portraits. I gave it a try (even twice) but never fell in love and sold it. If I had to have only one prime, it would be 30mm (45mm eq).

@ InTheMistIndeed this Sigma 50/1.4 A weighted at 815g with 77mm filter ring compared to FE 55/1.8 at only 281g with 49mm filter ring (the same as FE 35). Thanks but no thank I'd grab FE 55 in any minute for my A7R that has the same whopping 29 mpix DXO sharpness test as $4K Otus 55/1.4 on D800, and actually FE 55 is sharper at F4.0 and beyond.

My Sigma lens (30 1.4) does not give consistent results, even with having it recalibrated. I hear other people praise them, but I don't think I want to sink more money into Sigma without trying it out extensively first.

This lens, if its as good as it seems, is the bargain of the year, good glass can be hard to find, great glass is very rare, especially under $1000. I can think of three companies (C,N,Z) who are not happy to see this lens.

Its 60% heavier then their existing 50mm f1.4, uses almost twice as much glass, and as a result will cost over twice as much as the Canon. Hardly an elegant engineering solution? I'm sure Canon will be delighted that sales of their own f1.4 will hardly be touched, as very few people looking for a discrete 50mm lens will want to spend $1000 on a brick to hang round their neck.

Oh, I see. How odd that Sigma want to get into such a tiny market niche. I would have thought they'd be battling it out to kill Tamron in the independent lens market, not trying to sway a handful of pros and specialists.

It's good to see there are now a few fast 50s (this, Otus, and the Zeiss Sony FE) that, at least by some metrics (especially MTF50), do better than the best of the old manual-focus fast 50s. However, they don't win on every metric against some of the old fast 50s that I've bought for under $50. Fast 50s were bundled with nearly every manual-focus SLR, and their well-tuned designs are simple enough to work well without aspherics and modern coatings.

In sum, it is good to see optical design of fast 50s finally advancing, and I'm sure these new lenses will sell well, but personally I spend money on new lenses only when there aren't much cheaper old competitors. For example, I bought a Sigma 8-16mm new a few years ago.... Yes, I'm one of those focus-peaking mirrorless camera users. :-)

Adding further to your point, am always wondering what the utility is of perfect corner sharpness at the widest apertures. When can never come up with a scene in ordinary photography that is both super flat and needs to be photographed at super wide apertures. But can come up with tons of situations where one "overweight" lens overall reduces the capability of a given kit.

Also the lighter the lens, the more effective a given tripod is at stabiliizing it. Have found that the lightest lenses tend to be the sharpest at F/8, when am taking a picture by poking the shutter button on a camera on tripod.

Super fun to see these superb new lens designs, can't really imagine most of us paying for 'em in terms of weight, size, cost per functionality.

Matt Granger reviewed the Otus and at f1.4, it is easily the sharpest lens I have ever seen. Even at 100% the eyelashes on his sample was still tack sharp. If this lens could deliver even just 95% of that sharpness at f1.4, this could be best bargain 50mm even at almost US$1000

I've already saw it just right after I've seen the DPR announcement. Charts and graphs are nice and all but until I can see actual hands on samples (would it be lovely if somebody posted a RAW file to play with?) or 100% cropped samples like what Matt Granger showed with the Otus, I will not state that this is as good as the Otus. No fanboyism here since I cannot afford any of the two but I'm sure that the Sigma 50mm A will be one hell of a lens especially when they showed what they can do with the 35mm A and the 18-35 f1.8. But so far, the 50mm A is already pointing at that direction.

@ peeveeThe nikon 58mm isn't exactly "junk", it's just that nikon didn't properly define the best application for this lens. It was never intended to be an all-purpose 50 for the masses. It is one of those super-niche things that only wedding and certain portrait photographers can appreciate. It has a distinct character brought about by its shortcomings, which were intentionally designed into the lens.

I wonder how people manage to compare two different devices without the same technical measurement methods. From the sigma we have some mtf charts which are very good (as i think), but it is not yet confirmed from independent sources. The Zeiss Otus 55mm/1,4 was tested by several sites and the mtf-chart at 40mm is just overwhelming. I would see the first "street tests", e.g. independent test at 40mm mtf from sigma, then it would be a serious comparison, when i compare apples and peaches the acceptance depends on personal taste, not on technical facts. (And, beside we all take photos in the wildnes, technical data is still a clue to real world performance).

No doubt, this is a very fine lens, and i think, it is worth every penny, but we can´t compare seriously otus and sigma, like many users do, without adequate test charts.

Ah, thank you, haven´t seen this at slrgear, very compelling and for that amount of money a very good deal and with AF, maybe with a better use.

regards

But wait, is it right that slrgear.com made the tests on a Canon 7D (APS-C) and a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III which has 21MP? Then, that test would have limited significance because high-end lenses show their capability really at a higher pixel count and if i use a D800E for example, i would be interested in the performance on a 36MP sensor. Despite the fact that i would not have bought an Otus, but for the sake of comparison, this test at slrgear.com has a limited value. (And beside the fact, the Sigma is still a high quality lens)

At higher apertures you may be on to something but wide open I don't think either lens is out resolving the sensor in the corners (centre is good with everything). So there's not likely to be much difference. Also the Otus is much better in both longitudal and lateral CA and longitudal cannot be corrected by software (not without errors at least) so it amazes me that no attention is paid to this especially considering a wedding dress is a longitudal CA magnet. Of course you wouldn't actually use the Otus at a wedding.

but that is not the whole story, if you make the comparison like you did, you only compare APS-C, e.g. the centre of a lens, where the performance is, with all lenses, naturally better. But here we have a "FF" lens and a "FF" sensor, so it doesn't make sense to disregard the other regions of a sensor and a lens. And if you want the best performance for APS-C, maybe this lens is quite good and one could buy it directly. But i am interested in the "FF" performance.

I have had my eye on the Sony Zeiss 135mm F/1.8 for a long time but with it still being screw driven and the high price have held me back. But the pictures you can get from it, even at wide open, are breath taking.

If Sigma can produce an equivalent that matches or exceeds that at a fraction of the cost, then I would buy one in a heartbeat.

I with you here kelvinjay. I've seen LOCA detract in many a shot (or at least require a ton of removal work) but the amount of people that mistake it for lateral CA or fringing caused by the sensor is staggering. I guess most people don't see it. I'd rather have some corner softness and no purple and green halos but the preference these days is sharp, sharp, sharp.

I wasn't planning on getting one - but after seeing these samples, I know I don't want one.

Can anyone please explain to me which of these 8 photos is supposed to show off this lens? Which one is interesting? Some other lenses would make these exact same compositions look nicer - perhaps even compelling - but certainly not as bland.

Another great lens that is not available with Pentax mount. :-(I have been waiting for Sigma 18-35 for 6 months or so; Sigma promised the K-mount would be available by the end of 2013, it´s April now and still nothing. Sigma USA wrote first shipments were expected in late April, but I am sceptical.

Yes, I read it, but I guess it applies to lenses that are planned for the future, however Sigma announced the availability of 18-35mm lens for Pentax from the start (and they still declare on their site: Sony & Pentax mounts will be available later this year).

I preordered mine in June 2013 for the Sony mount when it was originally ETA'd for end of July 2013. Then it got pushed back further and further to the point where it was supposed to come out in February 2014. Now the latest I am hearing from an e-mail I got from Sigma is early to mid April for the lens and early to mid May for the USB dock.

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